Rolling tub stand



May 31, 1927.

H. T. s'rRooP ET Al.

ROLLING TUB STAND Filed Nov. 22, 1923v yney.

Patented May 3l, i927.

narran stares? mane HOWARD fr. s'rnoor', Aueus'rlr. Havens'. ANDYJULIUs HAMMER, or rEonrA, ILLINOIS.

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,Application-med ndrembeaa 1923. serial No. 676,234.

The present invention relates to rolling tub stands.

yin such a manner that movement lof The object of our invention in .the pro# vision of a collapsible stand having casters thereon enabling it to be movedabout readily when in the upright position and also permitting movement when in the collapsed position.

Another object of bur ,invention is in a provision of a collapsible metal stand member having roller portions fastened theregin t e stand is permitted either in the upright or collapsed position. A

The present standmember was developed mainly for use in connection with the well known washing operation, wherein the movement of heavy water filled tubs is necessary in the various washing steps, including the rinse operation, bluing etc.

Normally the housewife utilizes any sort of stand. member to support the tubs adjacent the washin machine, but unless such member isI rovi ed with roller members, the lifting of t e heavy tub is still necessary.

The present stand, however, has for its ob- 'ect notonly the ready movement of the eavy tub members from Ilace to lace but also the feature of collapslbility w ereb it may be collapsed substantially to the p ane of the oor and removed to a space that the normallyupright stand could not possiblyt into.

In orderto provide not only a permanent but a suicient y strong stand to support the heavy water filled tubs, sarily made of metal,

said stand is necesthereby making the 'stand itself of considerable weight. For the further convenience of moving the stand, I have fashioned it in such a manner as to be capable of being rolled even when in said collapsed position.

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the stand in its upright position.

Fig. 2 is a side tially collapsed.

Flg. 3 is a side elevation showing the stand entirely collapsed.

Fig. 4 is a top Fig. 5 is an en shown in Figure 3.

Fig. 6 is an enlargeddetail of the hinge portions, andJ .Fig. 7 corners showing the manner of catching the foldable legs under the top.l

elevation showing it parlan view.

elevation of the stand as is an enlarged detail of one of the.

Referring to the drawings, we have shown a skeleton top or platform having its` edges formed of angle bars l() and 11, connected at the corners in any convenient manner.

The cross bars 12 are securely attached as at 13 to the angles 11.

At 14 and 15 are shown two pairs of leg port1ons pivoted with respect to each other as at 16 to permit a folding relationship.

A cross bar 17 connects the lower ends of the pair of legs 15 and a similar bar 18 connects legs 14 at a similar point. Attached to lower ends of .each of the leg portions are the offset brackets generally designated as 19. These brackets have a hub portion 20 connected to the ends of the legs and in the v which provide bearings for the conventional rolling casters 23. v

Attention is drawn at this time to the oiset'mounting of the roller or caster members with relation to the leg portions.

The means for pivotally attaching the platform to the leg portions is provided in the following' mechanism; a pair of pins 24 projecting outwardly from the upper ends of the legs 15, said pins engaging adjacent slots 25, formed in the side portions 10.

It will thus be seen that the stand is maintained in raised or extended position by the downwardly lextending anges of the angles 11, against whichthe beveled upper ends of the 'legs abut. The purpose of the elongated slots 25 is to permit movement of pins 24 therein when the opposite edge of the platform is raised to disengage it from the legis 14.

y n Figure 7 the opposite side of the stand is shown or rather an enlarged detail of one corner, wherein a transverse bar 26 connects the u er ends of the leg portions 14.

In igure 1 the stand is shown in its upright position and adapted to be moved about with little eiort even though supporting a heavy wash tub.

l To collapse the stand it is merely necesl saryto raise the platform slightly at the opposite side from the hinge portion, whereby the leg portions will fold as shown in Figure 2, until finally the stand is in the collapsed position shown in Figu re 3. In Figure 3 it may be seen that it is due to the offset 4mounting of the roller members extending lianges at said edges adapted to that the stand may be collapsed to take up engage t e upper ends of said legs in abutl5 so small a space and at the same time to be ting relation to thereby maintain the device rolled around either by hand or by foot to in extended position, said latform'being 5 any place desired. y provided with two elongated) slots adjacent What I claim is: one of said edges, two corresponding legs of A device of the class described, comprsin said frames being pivoted to said platform 20 two cooperating collapsible frames, eac by means of pins passing through said slots. formed of two legs pivoted together inter- In testimony whereof we aix our signa- 10 mediate their ends, rollers on said legs adapttures.

ed to support the device for rolling in col- HOWARD T. STROOP. lapsed and extended positions, a platform AUGUST F. HAUSER. `\h aving two opposite edges, and downwardly JULIUS HAMMER. 

